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The Grass is Always Greener…

January 9, 2012

You can imagine my surprise when I spotted this in the dairy section of my nearby Real supermarket: Yep, that’s grated cheddar! Not only that, over Christmas, in the baking aisle, there was real, honest to goodness, vanilla extract (I’m still going to make my own though). Dr Pepper is now available at the same [...]

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Living room: Before and After

August 5, 2011

It’s been awhile! In the meantime, we bought and moved into a house here in Germany. Unpacking and decorating takes a lot of time, which hasn’t left much for anything else. Figured I’d share my successes with you once I’m mostly happy with the state of things. The first room I’m mostly finished with is [...]

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Exploring the Laaber Valley

January 2, 2011

Here are some of my favorites in the Laaber Valley, also known as the Labertal or Laabertal.  For more to do, see my page on the Oberpfaltz. Hotels: Hirschenhotels, Parsberg Landgasthof Friesenmühle, Friesenmühle 1, Beratzhausen Landgasthof Hotel Frauenberg, Marienplatz 7, Frauenberg Restaurants These are restaurants in or near the Laaber valley, that I recommend.   Just [...]

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Exploring Regensburg

March 16, 2010

The city of Regensburg, located in the Oberpfalz region of Bavaria, is well worth a visit.  The first settlements of the area date to the stone age, and it was the location of the Roman fort Castro Regina. It’s intact medieval old town is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Here are my top tips for [...]

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How Baby-Walz gained this customer’s loyalty

April 22, 2009

I remember, almost seven years ago when I first moved to Germany, declaring that I was going to boycott every shop where I was treated rudely.  The Burger King in Berlin-Wedding was the first to go, after I complained that I had not received the meal that I paid for and they refused to correct [...]

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Speaking of Food

March 18, 2009

This last week, it feels like my life has revolved around food.  Of course, if you know me, you’re probably thinking, when does her life not revolve around food?  Yes, I love my eats, I even plan foodie vacations, but this week has felt even more food-centric than usual. At midnight Thursday, I eagerly ripped [...]

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Books and Bagels, and Asian food

February 2, 2009

Autumn wants me to let you know that the next Books & Bagels meet up is Sunday, Feb 15th, 15.00, at Kona.  Everyone should bring 1 English book to share.  For more information, you can email Autumn at autumndawnediger [at] gmx [dot] de. And now I’m going to let you all in on a secret [...]

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